diff --git a/src/host/os_mkdir.c b/src/host/os_mkdir.c
index a7a69db4..e572c349 100644
--- a/src/host/os_mkdir.c
+++ b/src/host/os_mkdir.c
@@ -8,26 +8,49 @@
 #include "premake.h"
 
 
-int os_mkdir(lua_State* L)
+int do_mkdir(const char* path)
 {
-	int z;
-	const char* path = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
+	char sub_path[2048];
+	int i, z;
+
+	size_t path_length = strlen(path);
+	for (i = 0; i < path_length; ++i)
+	{
+		if (path[i] == '/' || path[i] == '\\')
+		{
+			memcpy(sub_path, path, i);
+			sub_path[i] = '\0';
 
 #if PLATFORM_WINDOWS
-	z = CreateDirectory(path, NULL);
+			z = CreateDirectory(sub_path, NULL);
 #else
-	z = (mkdir(path, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH) == 0);
+			z =  (mkdir(sub_path, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH) == 0);
 #endif
 
+			if (!z)
+			{
+				return FALSE;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
+
+int os_mkdir(lua_State* L)
+{
+	const char* path = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
+
+	int z = do_mkdir(path);
 	if (!z)
 	{
 		lua_pushnil(L);
 		lua_pushfstring(L, "unable to create directory '%s'", path);
 		return 2;
 	}
-	else
-	{
-		lua_pushboolean(L, 1);
-		return 1;
-	}
+
+	lua_pushboolean(L, 1);
+	return 1;
 }
+
diff --git a/src/host/zip_extract.c b/src/host/zip_extract.c
index 67e88ef9..c5873e8e 100644
--- a/src/host/zip_extract.c
+++ b/src/host/zip_extract.c
@@ -86,27 +86,7 @@ static int write_link(const char* filename, const char* bytes, size_t count)
 #endif
 }
 
-static void r_mkdir(const char* full_path)
-{
-	size_t path_length = strlen(full_path);
-	size_t i;
-	for (i = 0; i < path_length; ++i)
-	{
-		if (full_path[i] == '/' || full_path[i] == '\\')
-		{
-			char* sub_path = (char*)malloc(i + 1);
-			memcpy(sub_path, full_path, i);
-			sub_path[i] = 0;
-#if PLATFORM_WINDOWS
-			_mkdir(sub_path);
-#else
-			mkdir(sub_path, 0755);
-#endif
-			free(sub_path);
-		}
-	}
-}
-
+extern int do_mkdir(const char* path);
 
 static void parse_path(const char* full_name, char* filename, char* directory)
 {
@@ -171,7 +151,7 @@ static int extract(const char* src, const char* destination)
 
 		sprintf(appended_full_name, "%s/%s", destination, full_name);
 		parse_path(appended_full_name, filename, directory);
-		r_mkdir(directory);
+		do_mkdir(directory);
 
 		// is this a symbolic link?
 		if (is_symlink(opsys, attrib))